Preliminary Cytotoxicity Screening of Some Medicinal Plants of Bangladesh

Authors

  • Mohammad S. Rahman
  • Bilkis Begum
  • Rasheduzzaman Chowdhury
  • Khondaker M. Rahman
  • Mohammad A. Rashid

Keywords:

Cytotoxic activity, Brine shrimp lethality bioassay.

Abstract

The cytotoxic activity of the methanolic extracts of 35 plant species, including 28 traditionally used
plants of Bangladesh was evaluated by the brine shrimp lethality bioassay technique. Among these, 19 plant extracts
exhibited significant toxicity to brine shrimps with LC50 less than 10 μg/ml.

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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2008)

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